Thomas Glover played his part in the transformation of Japan from feudal isolation to the pre-eminent power in early 20th-century Asia. He helped to lay the foundations of Japanese coalmining, ship-building and beer-drinking. (£) www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a... By @dicklp.bsky.social
How a British arms dealer modernised JapanForgotten at home, Thomas Glover is so revered in Nagasaki for his part in the country’s industrialisation that he has been turned into a plushiewww.thetimes.com